Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मानयितव्यास्ते गणमुख्या: प्रधानत: । लोकयात्रा समायत्ता भूयसी तेषु पार्थिव

Transliteration

tasmān mānayitavyās te gaṇamukhyāḥ pradhānataḥ | lokayātrā samāyattā bhūyasī teṣu pārthiva ||

Translation

لذلك، أيها الملك، ينبغي إكرامُ أولئك المتقدمين من رؤساء النقابات والهيئات الجامعة فوق غيرهم. فإن انتظام شؤون العالم واستمرار الحياة العامة يعتمد عليهم اعتمادًا كبيرًا.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

मानयितव्याःto be honored

तेthey/those

गणमुख्याःchiefs/leaders of groups

प्रधानतःchiefly/primarily

लोकयात्राthe course/maintenance of the world

समायत्ताdependent/hinging (upon)

भूयसीgreater/mostly

तेषुin/on them

पार्थिवO king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (Pārthiva)

Gaṇamukhyāḥ (leaders of guilds/corporate bodies)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must give special honor and support to the leaders of organized communities (guilds and corporate bodies), because the stability of society—its livelihoods, public order, and everyday functioning—depends greatly on them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is instructing the king on rajadharma (the duties of governance). In this counsel, he emphasizes the political and ethical necessity of respecting influential civic and economic leaders, since they sustain the practical workings of the realm.